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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74FCQ41

1974-06-10 DODGE CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1380X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 47G-3B-1

Year of manufacture

1966 · 8 years old at event

TCDS

2H3 · SCOTT'S-BELL 47 INC

Engine

LYCOMING TVO-435-GIA (280 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660910

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A09B57

Registrant of record

LIEFF DANIEL W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1380X Bell 47G-3B None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

BELL 47G-3B · N1380X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002832

Total time

6,577 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,209

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FLD.ENG FUEL PUMP FAILED,ELECT FUEL PUMP NOT ON.

Investigator remarks

POWER LOSS SHORTLY AFTER TKOF.EMERG LDG IN SOFT

Cause factors

74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/CL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
88/C/07 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3393. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3393.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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